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On the recordJanuary 24, 2011
We're one of the top three donors into this program and yet we have no ability to get across to the UNDP that we're not going to finance our own suicide here by allowing hard currency to get in to the development of nuclear weapons.
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Gus Bilirakis
Republican · Florida

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Bilirakis criticizes U.S. funding for UNDP amid concerns over nuclear weapons development.

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